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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. FoundationDB vs. NCache vs. Oracle NoSQL vs. Rockset

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOracle NoSQL  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA multi-model, scalable, distributed NoSQL database, designed to provide highly reliable, flexible, and available data management across a configurable set of storage nodesA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Key-value storeDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Relational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score1.03
Rank#190  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#89  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score2.95
Rank#100  Overall
#17  Document stores
#17  Key-value stores
#50  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphgithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.oracle.com/­database/­nosql/­technologies/­nosqlrockset.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationapple.github.io/­foundationdbwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.oracle.com/­en/­database/­other-databases/­nosql-database/­index.htmldocs.rockset.com
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.FoundationDBAlachisoftOracleRockset
Initial release20162013200520112019
Current release2.1, December 20186.2.28, November 20205.3.3, April 202423.3, December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoProprietary for Enterprise Edition (Oracle Database EE license has Oracle NoSQL database EE covered: details)commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageCC++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Solaris SPARC/x86
hosted
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-free infosome layers support schemasschema-freeSupport Fixed schema and Schema-less deployment with the ability to interoperate between them.schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infosome layers support typingpartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteroptionaldynamic typing
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nononono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyessupported in specific SQL layer onlySQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like DML and DDL statementsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesin SQL-layer onlyno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnono
Triggersnonoyes infoNotificationsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingyesShardingAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesyes, with selectable consistency levelElectable source-replica replication per shard. Support distributed global deployment with Multi-region table featureyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyeswith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infodepending on configuration
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesin SQL-layer onlynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingconfigurable infoACID within a storage node (=shard)no
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infooff heap cache
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Access rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console
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AgensGraphFoundationDBNCacheOracle NoSQLRockset
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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